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Fasih Mahmood was never in India's custody:
SC told
Wednesday June 06, 2012 12:51:23 PM,
IANS
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New Delhi: The central
government told the Supreme Court Wednesday that it had never
taken into custody Fasih Mahmood, an engineer from Bihar who went
missing in Saudi Arabia, and was trying to ascertain his
whereabouts.
The centre told an apex court bench of Justice K.S. Radhakrishnan
and Justice J.S. Khehar that it was in contact with the Saudi
authorities to find out Fasih Mahmood's whereabouts.
Additional Solicitor General Gourab Banerjee told the court that
the external affairs ministry will speak to the Saudi Arabian
ambassador in New Delhi, and the Indian ambassador in Riyadh will
take up the matter with the Saudi authorities.
On this, the court asked: "Where is Fasih Mahmood?"
It further said: "The case is very serious. We need to know where
he is."
Banerjee told the court that "normally it was difficult for the
Indian government to interact with its Saudi counterparts, as they
don't respond on such matters."
Counsel Naushad Ahmed Khan, appearing for the petitioner Nikhat
Parveen, Fasih's wife, told the court that Mahmood was in the
custody of the police in India and the government started reacting
to the situation only after the intervention of the apex court.
At this, the court observed that since the centre has said that
Fasih Mahmood was not in its custody, it will wait for further
information from the government when the matter next comes up for
hearing June 11 (Monday).
Fasih Mahmood, employed as engineer in Saudi Arabia, was allegedly
picked up by intelligence agencies from Al Jubal May 13.
The 35-year-old hails from Barh Saaila village in Darbhanga
district of Bihar, about 200 km from Patna. Fasih's father, Firoz
Ahmad, is in-charge of the Benipatti primary health centre in
Madhubani district. His mother is a school teacher in Darbhanga.
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